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87 Life jackets are the primary means to keep persons afloat after they have entered the water, particularly for persons unable to swim. All small passenger vessels operated under United States Coast Guard (USCG)
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88 OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF DUKW TYPE AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS In the sinking of the Wacker Quacker 1, the reserve buoyancy gave passengers a little more time to escape the vessel. Most still ended up in the water without having donned life jackets.
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WEARING LIFE JACKETS 89 BOX 6-1 Types of Life Jackets as Defined by USCG TYPE I PFDS/OFF-SHORE LIFE JACKETS: Best for all waters, open ocean, rough seas, or remote water, where rescue may be slow coming. Abandon-ship life jacket for commercial vessels and all vessels carrying passengers for hire: • Inherently Buoyant Type I PFDs (personal flotation device)
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90 OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF DUKW TYPE AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS numbers of child versus adult life jackets) , but they meet the requirements of the current regulations.
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WEARING LIFE JACKETS 91 protection a flotation device can give you. It is called lifesaving equipment for a reason."5 Research on life jackets makes it clear that donning life jackets during an emergency is a recipe for chaos, but getting passengers to wear life jackets during a pleasure tour requires mandatory regulations.
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92 OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF DUKW TYPE AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS USCG's current approach, which leaves it to passengers to locate and don life jackets after an incident, is based on two assumptions that may not be applicable to DUKW passengers. The first assumption is that there will be enough time during an emergency for all passengers to locate and don life jackets.
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WEARING LIFE JACKETS 93 Although Type III life jackets do not keep an unconscious person face up, the operating areas for DUKWs are normally close to shore. Rescue by other boats or those on shore typically happens quickly for those who reach the water's surface.
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